Introduction
Our guiding research questions include:
- How have Washington public schools been funded in the past few years (NEED YEARS), particularly for districts serving high-poverty and students of color?
- How have McCleary school finance reforms changed schools funding sources per pupil?
- How have these changes varied across districts?
- How do schools spend their resources?
B1: Revenue source for high- and low-poverty districts
Federal, state, and local revenue source for high- and low-poverty districts



- Poverty defined using US Census SAIPE District Estimates for 2019
- Poverty percentage calculated by (Estimated Number of Relevant Children 5 to 17 years old in Poverty Related to the Householder/Population of Relevant Children 5 to 17 years of Age)
- Plots include the mean with standard error bars of adjusted dollar values for each revenue source
- No significant changes from 2015-2019 for each revenue category on regression adjusted values for high and low poverty districts
- As expected, low poverty districts receive a greater share of local revenue per student compared to high poverty districts
- High poverty districts receiver a greater share of state and federal revenue per student compared to low poverty districts
B3: Spatial distribution of school funding
OGR data source with driver: ESRI Shapefile
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with 295 features
It has 18 fields